Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Australia and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Grandmaster Flash to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Al Stewart. All the underground hits.
All Dual Sessions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Brothers Johnson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Alarm Clocks,
Inner City,
Warsaw,
Drive Like Jehu,
Matthew Bourne,
Sällskapet,
Man Eating Sloth,
June of 44,
EPMD,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Wally Richardson,
Bad Manners,
Procol Harum,
Chris & Cosey,
Absolute Body Control,
Swans,
Todd Terry,
Skarface,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Zeros,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Lalann,
Jacob Miller,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Laurel Aitken,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Motions,
The Shadows of Knight,
Quadrant,
The Martian,
Radio Birdman,
The Associates,
Sound Behaviour,
Rekid,
Ronnie Foster,
Parry Music,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Eve St. Jones,
Von Mondo,
Lalo Schifrin,
Malaria!,
The Misunderstood,
Joensuu 1685,
Section 25,
Kenny Larkin,
Bizarre Inc.,
Glambeats Corp.,
Slave,
Basic Channel,
Alice Coltrane,
Skriet,
Crash Course in Science,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Barracudas,
Duran Duran,
Rosa Yemen,
Toni Rubio,
The Pop Group,
Visage,
Yazoo,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.